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Former Oronoco City Council member makes court appearance on theft charges
Patricia Ann Shields is charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a man serving a prison sentence while she was acting as power of attorney. 2:51 pm, May 18, 2021 ×
A former Oronoco City Council member made an appearance in Olmsted County District Court Tuesday morning on charges that she stole more than $126,000 while acting as a power of attorney for a man serving a prison sentence.
Patricia Ann Shields, 58, is charged in Olmsted County District Court with five felony counts of theft-indifferent to owner rights and one count of felony theft by swindle.
Rochester Township orders study of construction impact on unique heron rookery Rochester-area rookery shares woods with proposed development. May 14, 2021 5:04pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The great blue herons nesting in their once-secret rookery in the woods near Rochester continue to stir up controversy. Now they are getting some lift from township officials.
On Thursday, the Rochester Township board agreed to study whether a proposed housing development that would cut through the unusual nesting grounds would significantly affect the majestic birds.
The environmental assessment was requested by Save the Rookery, a group created to protect the previously undocumented colony. Its petition now contains more than 1,400 signatures.
Dezutter, who has multiple previous convictions for child pornography, was on probation and as part of his condition of probation had a monitoring app placed on his cellphone. On Dec. 14, 2020, a woman was notified by the monitoring system that there were pornographic images on Dezutter s phone, according to the criminal complaint.
When interviewed by law enforcement, Dezutter told an investigator he relapsed and only looked at child pornography one time and it was an estimated less than 12 images. Court records indicate that the monitoring system on his phone sometimes blocked the images, the amended criminal complaint states. Law enforcement found at least seven of images of child pornography, the complaint states.